Creatio Ex NihiloA unique study challenging the assumption that the doctrine of 'creation out of nothing' was inherited by Christianity along with the Jewish scriptures which the Church adopted. |
Contents
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2 The Question of the Origin of the World in Christian Gnosticism | 39 |
3 The Creation of the World in Basilides and the Valentinians | 62 |
4 Christian and Platonist Cosmology | 118 |
5 The Church Doctrine of Creatio Ex Nibilo | 148 |
Recapitulation | 179 |
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Aeons apol archon Athenagoras Basilideans Basilides biblical Campenhausen Christ Christentum christlichen Bibel Church Clement of Alexandria concept controversy cosmology cosmos created the world creatio ex nihilo creation story creator demiurge dial divine doctrine of creatio Dörrie Early Christian emanation Entstehung der christlichen eternal Eusebius evil exposition Genesis Geschichte Gnosis gnostic God's Gospel Greek haer Harnack hellenistic hellenistic Judaism Heracleon heresy Herm Hermogenes Hippolytus hylic idea of creatio interpretation Irenaeus Jesus Jewish Judaism Justin Kirche Logos Marcion Marcionites material matter Middle Platonism Middle Platonist myth non-being Old Testament opif origin passage Philo philosophical pleroma pneumatic polemic pre-existent principle problem psychic Ptolemaeus question Quispel resurrection second century sonship Sophia soul statements Stoic strom Tatian teaching Tertullian theologians theology Theophilus of Antioch thought Timaeus tradition unformed Unnik unoriginate Valentinian Valentinus Waszink world-formation world-seed δὲ καὶ οὐκ τὴν τὸ τοῦ τῶν